What’s on the Ballot this November?

  New website helps Coloradans know more about this fall's ballot measures



    CHICAGO, Aug. 5 /EMWNews/ -- Voters in Colorado can explore a new,

collaborative website to learn about the 2008 ballot initiatives.

Ballotpedia.org provides voters with comprehensive information on all 19

ballot measures in Colorado, where voters will have the opportunity to vote

on more initiatives than any year since 1912, the first year initiatives

and referendums were authorized in the state, if all measures filed by

yesterday's deadline are certified for the ballot.



    Information available on Ballotpedia.org includes details on initiative

supporters and opponents, financial reports, litigation news, status

updates, poll numbers, and more.



    "The Ballotpedia.org website is information central when it comes to

all things ballot related," said Eric O'Keefe, chairman of the Sam Adams

Alliance, a national non-profit organization that strives to educate and

inform citizens about political issues. "Whether you're a journalist on

deadline, a blogger or voter looking for information on a particular

initiative, Ballotpedia can help you."



    Currently, eight ballot measures have been certified for the ballot,

four legislative referrals and four citizen-initiated constitutional

amendments. In addition, 11 citizen initiatives filed sufficient signatures

by yesterday's deadline to make the ballot if enough of those signatures

are determined to be valid by the Secretary of State.



    "Coloradans are facing controversial issues," said O'Keefe. "Now they

have all the information they need to make informed decisions on these

vital issues."



    Two of the eight measures on the ballot, Amendment 46 and 47, are

currently facing post-certification signature challenges.

    About Ballotpedia



    Ballotpedia.org is the ultimate source for all things related to

ballots, amendments, initiatives, school bond elections, recalls and

referendums. Ballotpedia.org is a project of the Sam Adams Alliance, a

national non-profit organization that strives to educate and inform

citizens about political issues.



    For more information about Ballotpedia.org or to request an interview,

please contact Isabel Santa at (305) 431-8381 or [email protected]